llustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building: A Schiffer Book for Woodworkers
by Susan Van Leuven
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0764305379
- ISBN 13
- 9780764305375
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
1998 blue colorful hardcover in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.
Now anyone can make their own, custom-built canoe guaranteed to draw raves on land and water alike. The Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of constructing a high-quality wood strip canoe, written especially for the novice boat builder. Sheathed strip boat construction is becoming increasingly popular among both amateur and professional builders. This is a method of producing a light weight, strong, beautiful boat of the sleekest design using materials, tools, and techniques available to the recreational builder. This book offers complete coverage of the procedures and techniques of mold set-up, assembly of the wood strip hull, epoxy resin, and fiberglass application, finishing, and more. All phases of construction are extensively illustrated with color photos and line drawings. For each stage of the building process, a range of alternative methods is presented, enabling the builder to select those which will yield a craft customized to his or her own needs. Source lists for canoe plans, building materials, and tools are included. This book is dedicated to helping the backyard boat builder achieve professional quality results in creating a fine canoe to use and be proud of for years.
Now anyone can make their own, custom-built canoe guaranteed to draw raves on land and water alike. The Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of constructing a high-quality wood strip canoe, written especially for the novice boat builder. Sheathed strip boat construction is becoming increasingly popular among both amateur and professional builders. This is a method of producing a light weight, strong, beautiful boat of the sleekest design using materials, tools, and techniques available to the recreational builder. This book offers complete coverage of the procedures and techniques of mold set-up, assembly of the wood strip hull, epoxy resin, and fiberglass application, finishing, and more. All phases of construction are extensively illustrated with color photos and line drawings. For each stage of the building process, a range of alternative methods is presented, enabling the builder to select those which will yield a craft customized to his or her own needs. Source lists for canoe plans, building materials, and tools are included. This book is dedicated to helping the backyard boat builder achieve professional quality results in creating a fine canoe to use and be proud of for years.
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- Bookseller
- Poco Productions (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5002boat
- Title
- llustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building
- Author
- Susan Van Leuven
- Format/Binding
- Very good binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0764305379
- ISBN 13
- 9780764305375
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building
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- Transportation - Boats;
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